8 Video Game ‘Final Instalments’ That Shouldn't Actually Be The Last
5. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Ignoring for a moment the gargantuan debacle surrounding this game's release and the internal disputes that accompanied it, The Phantom Pain didn't provide nearly enough closure for fans who had followed Big Boss and the wider Metal Gear lore since it all kicked off in 1987, which makes a sequel more necessary rather than just solely desirable. For all its gameplay accomplishments and storytelling spectacle, MGS V was vastly lacking in anything resembling a coherent narrative. It was piecemeal and convoluted, even if the stuff we did see bore the hallmarks of Kojima's very excellent style - minus the blatant sexism of course. If rumours are to be believed then Konami are already looking towards continuing the franchise with or without its creator, but this is obviously the least desirable approach to take with a potential sixth entry in the series. If anything's been made abundantly clear at this point it is that the publisher can't really be trusted with the keys to the franchise anymore, so while we all may be dying to learn more about the events that transpired between The Phantom Pain and the original Metal Gear, going with less might be the most desirable outcome of them all.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
